भौमावास्यानिशामग्रे चन्द्रे शतभिषां गते। विलिख्य प्रपठेत् स्तोत्रं स भवेत् सम्पदां पदम् ॥ २१ ॥
bhaumāvāsyāniśāmagrē candrē śatabhiṣāṁ gatē | vilikhya prapaṭhēt stōtraṁ sa bhavēt sampadāṁ padam || 21 ||
Translation
On the night of a new moon that falls on a Tuesday, when the moon is in Shatabhisha, one who writes out this hymn and recites it becomes an abode of every prosperity.
Word by word
- bhaumāvāsyāniśāmagrē
- at the height of the night of a Tuesday new moon
- candrē
- when the moon
- śatabhiṣāṁ gatē
- has entered Shatabhisha
- vilikhya
- having written out
- prapaṭhēt
- one recites
- stōtram
- the hymn
- saḥ
- that one
- bhavēt
- becomes
- sampadāṁ padam
- an abode of prosperity
Meaning
The hymn closes by naming the most powerful time for the practice: midnight of a Tuesday new moon under the asterism Shatabhisha.